The Screaming Pope
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Friday, January 2, 2015
Rome Journal I: Why Travel Anywhere?
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engraving of first photo of Parthenon by Joly de Lotbiniere (1839) What is the point of travel? People do the Terraco...
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Friday, October 7, 2011
The Terra Cotta Warriors
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If you’ve ever been in the company of friends who’ve been to China, you’ve heard them launch into the requisite, world-weary confirmation th...
Friday, October 1, 2010
The Forbidden City
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When in Venice, you might go to the Cipriani. In London, the Connaught. In Paris, the George V or the Ritz. And on the Cote d’Azur, the Hote...
Monday, September 21, 2009
The China Syndrome
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In the collective unconscious of the American spirit, China is a black and white Charlie Chan movie with proverb-chanting Charlie played by ...
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